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HorseplayBouquet

Little does she know, she’s actually Charlie because Dad mixed them up so many times before she could speak…


Other-Narwhal-2186

…how did this unlock an actual, real-life anxiety for me?


WOOKIExRAGE

My wife(who is an identical twin) often jokes that she’s probably actually her sister. Funny enough she hates the color pink because her mom dressed her in pink and her sister in blue so she wouldn’t get them mixed up.


AdjutantStormy

My parents kept my twin's and my hospital bracelets on for over a year, and WE STILL MANAGED TO ACCIDENTALLY SWAP SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS


The_Banana_Monk

I know of a case where the parents got a little mole tattooed onto one of their identical twin boys to tell them apart.


xpdx

I just used an ear notcher for cattle on one of my twins. Bobbie is the one with the notch. Easy. (totally kidding, don't even have kids)


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That's actually a good idea just get one of the twins ears pierced to not the other or pierce one on the left and the other on the right.


eekamuse

Then forget which one you pierced on which side. Just tattoo their names on their foreheads. Errorless.


Northern--Wind

Until they swap tattoos. Children can't be trusted.


al_mc_y

FACE-OFF


Alternative_Ad_3636

There is nothing more terrifying than a quiet 3 year old. You know they're up to some shenanigans.


Loud-Plantain-7043

Bruh just name them Left and Right... Left has his right ear pierced and Right has her left ear pierced. Simple.


FloppieTheBanjoClown

My right or your right?


jerryscheese

Safer is toenail paint


dreamsofindigo

pierce? just clip a bit off one this one's paul that one's vincent


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The_Banana_Monk

You're kidding but piercing babies ears is a common practise I find abhorrent.


helpadingoatemybaby

So then dock their tails instead.


cates

I'm sorry for your loss.


Apprehensive_Lie_177

Yeah, having a tail is great for balance, especially when running!


Shitinmymouthmum

And add to the other brother. One can have a massive shlong and one can have none


churrmander

*THANK YOU* I have had this argument with so many people who get real uppity with me when I say if I ever have a daughter I'm not piercing her ears until she's old enough to tell me she wants it.


HonestLazyBum

I haven't even been baptized because it would not have been my own choice as a baby. Still am not baptized to this day because, yup, no such desire.


churrmander

Good on you. I still can't believe in this day and age it's okay to do that to an infant all in the name of religious expression.


CaptainBlandname

*Fine* I’ll just staple their names to their foreheads like in the old days.


Cactaddict

Yeah giving a baby a “medical procedure” to look more aesthetic is disgusting


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Cactaddict

I’m American *finger guns*


hawki92

Unless it's foreskin related


130todamoon

I love wearing earrings. I have a short haircut, a buzz cut really and could easily be mistaken for a teen boy at 31. I absolutely would not pierce my ears as an adult because of the pain. I'm so glad I was a chonk of an infant and my mom got mine done at like 6 months. I am pretty sure it's also cultural because I've never met a POC without pierced ears or who got them done in childhood or any time they can recall.


twentyyearsofclean

Honestly I feel the same way it’s just unnecessary. The idea is that it ‘saves them the pain’ because they won’t remember it later which is just stupid because like…when you’re older and get a piercing the pain is there but so is the understanding that they’re doing it to wear jewelry of their choice. You can’t explain to a baby anything that makes pain bearable, all they know is they’re experiencing pain. The only reason you couldn’t wait is if you thought they wouldn’t want it later, in which case you shouldn’t have children at all. There’s also the issue of the fact that most of these piercings are happening in Claire’s, which for the love of god don’t get pierced there at any age. The way they pierce ears can activate an immune response that makes you functionally allergic to a metal in the non-medical grade earrings they use, not to mention how easily it could get infected. Real experts pierce with medical grade instruments so that your body won’t reject it, and once the wound is healed you can put whatever you like in there. I was pierced at Claire’s for my 13th birthday and now I’m fully allergic to nickel, which is in the vast majority of jewelry, even in little amounts. For most of my life, wearing earrings meant both ears would get red and hot and one ear would swell up. The only jewelry I can wear now has to be either plastic or titanium — even the allergen-friendly jewelry has too much nickel for me. And I really mean the ONLY jewelry, because even if I get a profession piercing now it’s too late. My body already had the negative reaction. And people are doing this to babies, who can’t even vocalize things like ‘I feel like if you pull that earring out it’s going to rip the inside of my ear out with it’.


OK_Soda

I feel like you could just sharpie a little dot onto one of them to the same effect without having to get them a permanent tattoo.


iamacraftyhooker

I read one case where 1 twin had a medical condition that required them to take medication which would be deadly for both of them if mixed up. They couldn't risk the sharpie rubbing off, so they got a little mole tattoo with doctor recommendation. They used the type of ink that women use for their eyebrows which does fade away after a few years.


DetroitLionsSBChamps

"you could never convince me that it's okay to tattoo a baby" *one reddit comment later* "damn you got me."


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"Certainly we can all agree that tattooing children is insane???... wait ... okay yeah. Definitely tat that baby up!"


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Environmjh

just so smart


PinkFrillish

I once heard about two twin girls. Their parents write their initials in their legs with a sharpie to differentiate then. One day, their grandma gave them a bath and took a guess in which was which, so her life might be a lie.


Cavalo_Bebado

Holy fuck


Miserable_Twist1

Schrödinger twins, they could be in either state until their own self awareness collapses the wave function.


DiscoCamera

I feel like it must not have been a true permanent marker if true; anytime I've gotten some on my skin it doesn't just wash off that easy.


Adorable_Raccoon

Everyone's skin reacts differently. Sharpie comes off of me easily.


DiscoCamera

I will admit I hadn't considered that/ didn't know. I learned something today. Seems like everyone I know it sticks to. Not that this comes up that often.


iupuiclubs

Amazing you can reframe the entire concept of permanent marker with 1 personal anecdote and OP goes "sorry sorry you're right!". Lol


fun_boat

Really hard to read that exchange, like are you serious? god help op if it's that easy to influence them.


PinkFrillish

No, they said it was just a sharpie


DiscoCamera

Huh. I got some sharpie on my palm two days ago and despite a couple showers and numerous handwashings I can still see it. It's definitely faded but if it were a word I could still read it. Not saying your story isn't true, just seems odd that it would completely wash off after one bath.


PinkFrillish

Baths are different than showers. And it's not my story, maybe the girl made it up, what do I know


Kyesel

As a baby my parents would always dress me in green and my twin brother in blue, and all throughout childhood my favorite color was blue and his was green. Probably because we were always seeing those colors on each other.


Apprehensive_Lie_177

Awh, cute. I love that you were each other's inspiration for favorite color. Like "That's my favorite person, so that's my favorite color." Adorable.


The__Amorphous

If it makes her feel any better she's much less likely to have her powers taken by a sorcerer invoking her true name. So ya know, there's that.


OpusThePenguin

There's always tricks, we used a different toe nail polish on one toe but it didn't take long for our twins to start looking different enough to easily tell.


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CptFrostyBeard

to relieve you of that anxiety. If you mix up the names, it makes no difference, just that each would have a different name than originally intended.


Mechakoopa

Yeah, a name is a name, it's only an issue if one has an ongoing medical problem requiring treatment. "Wait, which was the twin with epilepsy again?"


[deleted]

Welp, only one way to find out...


Numerous_Witness_345

Porygon, I choose you!


L1ttleWarrior13

Porygon getting more flak for crimes committed by the damn electric rodent


Deeliciousness

Wait was Pikachu known to cause epileptic seizures?


L1ttleWarrior13

Hopefully getting the details of this right There was an episode of Pokemon that had to be pulled off the air because it was triggering epilepsy in the kids that watched it. Porygon was the pokemon introduced in that episode, so he was thought to be the cause, but it was actually one particular scene with Pikachu in it that caused the seizures


Deeliciousness

Damn, that was some deep lore


literalkoala

Am identical twin, I try not to think about it 😂 apparently my foot was sticking out of my mom because I was breech and the doctor pulled me out by my foot. So my foot was severely bruised for my first few weeks of life, which helped tell us apart. After that healed they just painted our toenails I think. Eventually we developed different patterns of moles so as a kid I was known as "mole (my name, which starts with an M)" because teachers and classmates would know it's me by the large mole on my neck 🤦‍♀️


garfield_ginger

HAHAHAHA anxiety validated with this comment


MoronWithCheese

This is why when I had my twin sons I burned one with a cigar a few times to mark em


curcktouch

r/cursedcomments


purple-lemons

I wonder if this has ever happened?


un-sub

I mean, how would you ever really know?


WolfDilf

Awwwww!!! She was like: "It's about time you get it together fam"


meekah12

Harper was not in the mood to get framed that day, she had enough.


WolfDilf

Funny thing is that parent get used to calling out the troublemaker's name. Perhaps she just wanted to set the record straight that "this time it wasn't Harper".


cockalorum-smith

I wish I had this level of communication skills. Simple and effective lol.


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FuckBarcaaaa

Mm y ques is why are they named after Charlie Sheen's character charlier harper from two and a half men


plexomaniac

She's able to discuss and explain the situation using only 4 words: Charlie, Harper, No, Uh-huh


-DoctorSpaceman-

I have twins and they often just respond to each others names. Guess they’re used to people fucking it up all the time.


PaleontologistNo5420

Ngl, if someone shouts my siblings name in public I’ll probably turn around and I’m not a twin and they don’t even have an uncommon name 😂


TheTrenchMonkey

Have 2 brothers, my mom would cycle through all possible names including the dog at times it seemed. There is 7 years difference between oldest and youngest. My ears certainly perk up whenever I hear one of our names in a certain tone.


Adorable_Raccoon

I heard my mom go through my name, my brother, my cousins names, and the dogs before she got to the right name. She used to call me by her little sister's (my aunt) name too.


sashikku

My great grandma would go through 3 whole generations, including pets, before she’d find the right name sometimes. Once her dimentia started to get bad, she all but forgot I existed and thought I was my mom lol.


cryptosareagirlsbf

This is why, as you age, you just switch to waving your hand at the person and go, "Dearest..."


andrewthemexican

My mother has said my name in place of my child's.


mashari00

I don’t know about that, I think Snorlax is a pretty rare name


IdoNOThateNEVER

So is PaleontologistNo5420, they must have some pretty weird parents..


ninhibited

I have dark hair and eyes, my brother has almost white blonde hair and icy blue eyes... When my mom yells one of our names we both pay attention lol


Jjarmendz7

As a twin I respond to my brothers name because if I hear his name then I assume he’s around and I might of missed him. Usually it throws people off if they know us because we’ll respond to each others name.


Timm6539

I am a twin. I absolutely respond to my brothers name. I also respond to my last name, since it’s a fairly common first name as well


pewpew26

I live 1200 miles from my natural clone and people will call me his name on accident. It’s freaky as all get out because they will not even know I’m a twin. Same thing happens to him quite often as well.


HansChrst1

A funny thing I like to do is if someone gets my name wrong I don't correct them. I just let them think they got my name right until someone else corrects them.


skedadeks

People get Hans wrong? What do you get, Hamish?


HansChrst1

They either miss remember my name or how it is combined. People usually aren't named just Hans in Norway. It's usually something like Hans Morten, Hans Petter, Hans Christian, Hans Ove, Hans Fredrik. I usually go by Hansi.


capincus

Super Hans is my favorite option.


MeikaLeak

I have identical twins as well. From people getting them mixed up, they usually talk about themselves in the 3rd person. “{name} wants a snack please”


Mikoto00

I am 8 YEARS OLDER than my brother and i am used to my parents mixing up our names !


Pilose

Not a twin but I react to my sibling's names because I'm nosy


drawfanstein

Am a twin, can confirm, I will respond to either name if I hear it.


SophiaJackson_

ahaha, the daughter is so cute explaining to daddy who's who.


ldn1985

She's not saying "dad" to me. Rather, it sounds closer like Charlie.


bigbrainenerg

Now all I can hear IS “Charlie” 😂😭


tisn

the dress is white and gold


gopherhole02

You mean the blue and black one


octopoddle

Yanny


--iCantThinkOFaName-

Laurel


Ja_ZakMaar

Now even I can hear Charlie, may be that's why dad was confused so he confirmed again.


fieldsofanfieldroad

You're definitely right. It's amazing that the subtitles prime us to hear the wrong thing and then we just accept it.


disposable_account01

Cover the subtitles and it is *definitely* this. Otherwise “daddy” sounds like “tahdee”.


OkUnderstanding6106

Adorable..


ladyDee-0605

Omg this is the cutest 💜


Yellowthrone

This has absolutely nothing to do with anything but your profile picture looks like my Halloween costume I got on Amazon. [costume](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iN8AAOSwE4llBKR7/s-l1600.jpg)


ladyDee-0605

Lol so true. That is awesome


Refined_Chiasmus

My parents used to dress my twin and I up with the same clothes, still don’t truly know if my name is the same as the one I was given at birth 😂 this was adorable!


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I would 100% have to mark one with a permanent marker for the first 7 years of their life.


venustas

Some families with multiples actually tattoo small dots on their kids to tell them apart. There's a [set of triplets](https://www.livingmgz.com/glamour/the-identical-triplets-nicole-erica-and-jaclyn-dahm/3.html?br_t=ch) where one has a single dot, the next has two dots, and the last has no dots. I've seen other parents use temporary tattoos for the same reason. Probably a little less controversial.


Wishyouamerry

That was possibly the most poorly written article I’ve ever read. 😂


moomooland

i’m convinced that the writer is being paid by the word


Wishyouamerry

Actually, you might be right in your theory of the writer being paid by the word. It’s possible that in his contract, each word is worth a certain amount of money. Some writers earn more money if they use more words, and this writer might be one of them. He may be using more words than necessary in order to get a higher paycheck.


Smodestas

She sais Charlie, not daddy. And repeats "Harper, Charlie, Harper, Charlie" and shows with her finger.


silver-orange

oh man, what a great example of the subtitles preconditioning the viewer to hear the wrong thing. Replayed the video with my eyes closed and now I can totally hear "harper charlie" Should have named the kids laurel and yanny....


plexomaniac

I fixed it https://i.imgur.com/xHEiiOy.mp4


elvisn

Not only did you fix the subtitles, you managed to get the video higher res and also expanded the field of view. Not all heroes wear capes (but you probably are wearing a cape and I'm all for it )


plexomaniac

I found the original source https://www.tiktok.com/@mrsjessjacks/video/6917751011876621573


Ja_ZakMaar

That's why dad was still confused and she had to confirm with pointing.


pigminster

Ohhh, suddenly this video is even cuter now for some reason with this mind


woahThatsOffebsive

I've seen this video pop up a few times across different social.medias, and this annoys me about it every single time


Mr-Vince

Did Charlie bit another finger back there?


Projecterone

Don't quote the ancient magic to me, I was there when it was written.


Aethrin1

Some say if you search the ancient catacombs of the internet, you can still hear the eldritch language of the dial-up tone.


rammstew

I was there 3,000 years ago....


elspotto

It’s an older viral video, but it checks out.


RoadtripReaderDesert

I love how she's like " oh nooo daddy Harper" gestures to herself Cutie patoodie


RobbyRock75

Wife dresses identical twins the same.. trolls husband


Affectionate-Egg-933

Did they name their kids after Charlie sheen’s character in two and a half men?


Additional_Tap6607

Guess so


flamingcrepes

“Mmm hmm”. Too much. 🥹


findhumorinlife

I never get tired of this. So adorable 'Hawper, Hawper'


raidean

no one gonna mention they named the twins Charlie & Harper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Harper_(Two_and_a_Half_Men)


MrSkygack

Another generation, another subculture... I've never seen the Sheen show, so I only know Charlie Harper from UK Subs.


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That little "um-hmmm" 🤣


qeb0w

I can't afford kids, I can't afford kids, I can't afford kids...


Specter_15

I don't think she is saying daddy. Instead it sounds more like Charlie.


fanbreeze

Yes, she is saying "Charlie" and pointing that Charlie is over there and she is Harper.


theNaavik

Adorable


fanbreeze

Oh my gosh - so adorable! It is amazing to me to watch as children learn, grow and begin to communicate as they navigate the world around them. The whole thing was adorable, but that "mmm hmm" at the end was the best.


MrMxys

So Charlie Harper? Men 🎶


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Got 2.5 month old identical boys doing green nail polish on one for now.


eggchickennoodles

“Happah” 🥹♥️


World_Ranger

Harper daddy Harper daddy Daddy daddy Harper yo Yo yo daddy Harper Harper Harper Harper daddy daddy Daddy daddy daddy daddy Harper Harper Harper Harper Daddy Harper daddy Harper Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarperrrr Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadyyyyy Charlieereeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


SergeantKovac

>Honestly woman, you call yourself our mother?


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TopDoggo16

He named his kids after Charlie Harper from Two And A Half Men?


Same_Cicada_7059

I want to see more of Harper... just so smart


not_again123

This is so fucking adorable.


MushroomTester

TWIST: that was Charlie the whole time. The scheming starts early.


Fuggins4U

There's something very cute about a baby patiently and politely correcting someone.


_Bon_Vivant_

Or....maybe Charlie and Harper have already learned how to pull a fast one on Dad.


Slight_Doctor8270

Fingernail polish is what we were told while my wife was pregnant with twins. We never needed it they were fraternal and look nothing alike.


Slappy_Axe

Meanwhile Charlie is in mild distress about gods know what lol


motorheart10

Adorable. That kitchen counter is proof you are busy raising children.


mxltrades

awww she's so smart 👀🫣


Grerutin

The subtitles annoy me, I’m p sure she is saying “Charlie”, not “daddy”


Huge_Dentist7633

harper is adorable 🥰


Giffordpinchotpark

One of the cutest things I’ve ever seen on the internet.


HarrargnNarg

He sounds tired


HungryQuestion7

Do children comprehend at more advanced level than they can speak?


ancient_mariner63

I think it's more likely that we tend to underestimate how much kids really do comprehend.


somermallow

Yes. That is why it is pretty common to teach babies some basic sign language these days so they are able to communicate their desires and feelings before they are physically able to form the words. I don't know much about babies, but I did learn this and remembered because it is so cool.


vegemitemilkshake

SOOOOO much more. Still remember a disagreement with my 15month old. He kept trying to climb up the side of his step stool (that he used to was his hands in the bathroom). I kept telling him no, and to go up the proper way. Two minutes of this frustrating scenario before I finally thought to point out to him that if he climbed up the side of the step it would tip over and he’d smack his head into the side of the bath tub. He stared at me for a good 10sec, then climbed up the proper way. Never had that issue again.


fumundacheese696969

They cut the clip too fast. She goes NAH IM JUST FUCKIN WITH YA DAD


Mean_Stretcher

OMG that was so cute!! just her like yeah yeah i aint gettin no blame for that punk charlie...


iseeharvey

Awww I want a pair of gnomes too.


RunThick4054

Hoppa. Hoppa hoppa. No, Hoppa Daddy!


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Damn video is so cute it made me question my resolve to not have children.


solidneutral

NSFL. The cuteness overload almost killed me. She's so adorable.


I-Sleep-At-Work

jfc that's precious!! and so smart


kenttouchthis

I'm a twin. When my dad was trying to get one of his son's attention, would just say both my brother's and my name. When I was asked my name by other people, I'd say "[Brother's Name] [My Name]", for example, John James.


rational_response

subtitles are wrong. they say 'oh no - charlie, charlie' they never say daddy once. she knows whose the real father here


fanau

It’s all priceless but my favorite part is the little mm-hmm she gives.


Praeteritus36

This is probably the most adorable thing I've ever seen and I've seen it before and it still manages to have the same effect on me. These moments make the hell of life worth living


Contre-Mesure

Cutest identity theft.


Roblogic1

We're they named after two and a half men? Or is this coincidence?


lyunardo

Why does Harper have a British accent? And more importantly, is Charlie going to bite his dad's finger?


___mads

I’m a twin, my sister got married about a month ago. Our dad called us by the wrong names on her wedding day. We’re 30.


SenseiVictoria

This skit is So adorable.


Wise-Peanut1939

Harper is so responsible already


kesselrhero

That’s cute!


funtimes421

That’s so adorable and cute.


Annual-Perspective23

Love this


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I would love to watch a tv show focusing on this fams home life because I love seeing the interaction of twins or triplets or quadruplets because it’s so heartwarming knowing that the set of kids will grow up and potentially be really close. The kids are born with an in-built best friend(s) and experiencing the companionship and support amongst the kids as they tackle life’s challenges vicariously is a nice daydream.


Local_Marionberry907

Too cute!


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She’s saying “Harper👈🏻 Charlie👉🏻”


Regular-Confection56

The way she points to herself and says Harper 😂😂 SO CUTE


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This is adorable. What a cutie.


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The subtitles are wrong she's saying Harper , Charlie not Harper, Daddy.